Printing and registering device for accounting systems



June 3 1924. 1,495,984

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Patented June 3, 1924.

BYRON E. BRA'MBLE, or CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

PRINTING AND REGISTERING DEVICE FOR,ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS.

Application filed July 9, 1923.

same, and more particularly to printing and registering devices therefor.

In certain kinds of accounting it fre-' quently happens that bills or similar records must be made'out in large numbers. In such cases it is often true that among such a large number there are a great many duplicates. There-may in fact be so many sheets requiring identical entries, that it will be convenient to sort the sheets, putting all those requiring the same entries together andthen making entries on each such group separately. In accounting systems of this kind it is often convenient to have a series of rubber stamps, each stamp representing a certain charge or similar class of account, so that the entries may be made accurately and rapidly by stamping. These stamps may bear not only an original charge but also a discount and the net charge, so that a plurality of entries may be made simultaneously. The type are ar ranged on the stamps so as to register with the rulings of the sheets upon which the entries are to be made, so that each item may be stamped in its own column according to such ruling.

here such groups of identical accounts occur, it is often desirable to obtain a record of how many individual accounts there are in each group. For instance, in making out bills for electric light and power it may be of value to know how many customers are served who make a given demand in order that the necessary capacityand apparatus to serve such a demand may be properly maintained.

One of the objects of this invention, therefore, is to provide an accounting system and apparatus adapted for making rubber stamp entries of accounting items quickly and accurately in large numbers.

Another object of this invention is to provide such a system wherein a count of Serial No. 650,399.

the number of entries of each class may be obtained. I i v Another object of this invention is to provide improved apparatus for carrying out this system.

Further objects will appear from the detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

' Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying this invention;

Figure 2 is a view of the record made by this device; and

Figure 3 represents a series of stamps arranged for easy access and selection for making the entries.

In accordance with this invention a series of stamps maybe provided, each comprising a base block 1 provided with the necessary rubber type 2 to make the entry re-; quired. This stamp may be constructed inany usual or desired manner and is equipped with a register or counter 3 of any .usual construction provided with an operating element such as the star-wheel 4.

There is further provided a base 5 upon which the sheet 6 maybe laid for entering the item thereupon. The base 5 is provided along one side with a sheet guide 7 against which the edge of the sheet 6 is laid so as to properly orient the same for making the record thereon. Secured to the base 5 is a support 8 provided with an upstanding portion 9 carrying an extension 10 adapted to stand out over the sheet 6 and in spaced relation to the base 5. so that one or more sheets may be placed-thereunder. The extension 10 of the support 8 is provided with a guide 11 adapted to receive the block 1 of.

the rubber stamp. This block being inserted in the guide 11 will be positioned for properly entering its items upon the sheet 6.

This sheet may be provided as illustrated in Figure 2 with a column 12 in which may be entered the main item, such as a kilowatt hour reading for an lectricity bill. In this column the main item indicating the class to which the sheet belongs may be entered, the sheets. of course. being classified according to the entries to he made thereon. The sheet may also be provided with columns 13. 14 and 15 in which entries of gross charge, discount and net charge, respectively, may be made. lVhen this sheet is placed under the extension 10 with its left hand et ge 16 against the guide 7 and is moved until the kilowatt hour entry 17 is visible through the sight opening 18 in the extension 10, the sheet will be properly placed for entering the charges in columns 13, 14 and by means of the stamp 1 positioned by the guide 11. Mounted 011 the extension 10 and adjacent the guide 11 is a pawl 19 maintained by a spring 20 in the path of arms of the starwheel 4c when the stamp is depressed in the guide 11. At every depression the pawl 19 will engage one of the arms of the wheel 4 and turn the wheel so as to make a record of the operation on the register 3. As the StHIIlP is withdrawn from the guide, the spring 20 will allow the pawl 19 to recede so as to avoid operating the wheel 4: on the return stroke. Means are thus provided for counting the number 01 operations of the stamp 1 in the guide 11.

It will be clear that this device provides a simple and accurate method of entering accounting items, such as described. The bill forms or other records may be made up in large sheets separated by perforations. Such a sheet may then be placed on the base 5 and against the guide The entries may be made by stamping on each form and shifting the sheet along the guide 7 between stampingrs. Another way in which the de- I vice may be used is to place a stack of forms under the extension 10 and stamp them in succession, removing the top sheet after each operation. In either ot these ways a large number of items may be entered in a very short time. At the same time a count of the number of entries will be kept on each stamp. A. series of stamps each one bearing type -for a group of correlative items belonging to a single class may be conveniently arranged for selection by the operator as shown, for instance, in liigure 3 where a series of these stamps 1 are mounted on a suitable rack 21. Such a rack 21 may, of

course, be designed to carry any number of may be made in rapid succession.

' stamps.

After the sheets have been sorted or classified according to the entries to be made thereon, each class may be taken in succession and with the stamp representing that class all of the entries on those sheets It will be clear, therefore, that this invention provides improved means for carrying out such an accounting system with a great saving of time and labor.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in details of construction without departing from the spirit of this invention; it is, therefore, to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to the specific details shown and described.

, Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. A device of the character described comprising, a guide, a stamp adapted to be positioned by said guide, and a register on said stamp adapted for actuation upon positioning of said stamp.

2. A device of the character described comprising, a guide, a stamp adapted to be positioned by said guide, a register on said stamp, and an actuator on said guide adapted for cooperation with said register;

A device of the character described comprising, a manipulatable stamp, a register thereon, a base, a support spaced from said base, a stamp guide on said support, a sight opening in said support, and means adapted upon cooperation of said stamp and said guide to operate said register.

a. A device of the character described comln'ising, a manipulatable stamp, a register thereon, a base, a support spaced from said base, a stamp guide on said support, a sheet guide on said base and adapted for positioning a sheet under said support, and means adapted upon cooperation of said stamp and said guide to operate said register.

In a device of the character described, a manipulatable stamp con'iprising, an elongated body provided with groups of correlative item type therealong, and a register on said body.

6. A device of the character described comprising, a support, a series of manipulatable stamps arranged for mounting on said support, each of which represents a class,

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature this 29th day of May, 1923.

BYRON E. BRAMBL'E. 

